'Resistance Mixtures' Reduce Insect Herbivory in Strawberry (Fragaria vesca) Plantations.

ABSTRACT: The transition toward more sustainable plant protection with reduced pesticide use is difficult, because there is no "silver bullet" available among nonchemical tools. Integrating several plant protection approaches may thus be needed for efficient pest management. Recently, increasing the genetic diversity of plantations via cultivar mixing has been proposed as a possible method to reduce pest damage. However, previous studies have not addressed either the relative efficiency of exploiting cultivar mixing and intrinsic plant herbivore resistance or the potential utility of combining these approaches to increase cropping security. Here, using a full factorial experiment with 60 woodland strawberry plots, we tested for the relative and combined effect of cultivar mixing and intrinsic

SUBMITTER: Koski TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8494967 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature